Summary Of Cosmopolis By Eric Packer
As Globalization has steered the moves of the individuals and commercialization has been made a compulsory option, it coupled in determining all regimes. Individual’s lifestyle change with the advancement of technology. Technology is the third hand, which helps the individuals move freely in the world. As it is made more friendly, individuals march towards different parts of the world. Slowly they adapt and gradually they get accustomed to the different culture they select. Such a process of acculturation yields to a branch of culture called ‘Cyberculture’. It is defined as a unique set of habits, values, and other elements of culture that have evolved from the use of computers and the Internet.
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Financial independence detaches him from all his dependents. He has everything in his Limousine; it is not a vehicle of transport for him but his environment. Packer manifests a narcissistic subjectivity at the limits of global capitalism. Technological embodiment distances him not only from laboring humans and the customary societal exchanges but also from the earth itself. His ideas and principles of life are reduced to information currency. His Limousine is modified to perform a "work of video, sculpture, handsome and airy, with protean potential” (35). His team of assistants maintains data of the whole world. Packer and his group ponder data as soulful and glowing, which gives a dynamic aspect of the life …show more content…
Preoccupied with the analysis of data on computer screens, Eric can detect various patterns hidden in the natural order of things, which makes his transaction successful enough for him. Ultimately, he becomes enveloped in the illusion that the world revolves around him. Eric’s excellent command of language for grasping network of power and control gives him exaggerated confidence that there is no world without him. Eric trusts computer analysis so much that he rides around in a limousine with leading-edge medical equipment, which provides him with great satisfaction because he sees “a medleys of data on every screen, all the flowing symbols and alpine charts, the polychrome numbers pulsing”(13). He gains a sense of physical health and security by checking data on computer monitors in his limousine. He has indeed become addicted to
Thereby individuals exist in the prevailing …show more content…
Financial independence detaches him from all his dependents. He has everything in his Limousine; it is not a vehicle of transport for him but his environment. Packer manifests a narcissistic subjectivity at the limits of global capitalism. Technological embodiment distances him not only from laboring humans and the customary societal exchanges but also from the earth itself. His ideas and principles of life are reduced to information currency. His Limousine is modified to perform a "work of video, sculpture, handsome and airy, with protean potential” (35). His team of assistants maintains data of the whole world. Packer and his group ponder data as soulful and glowing, which gives a dynamic aspect of the life …show more content…
Preoccupied with the analysis of data on computer screens, Eric can detect various patterns hidden in the natural order of things, which makes his transaction successful enough for him. Ultimately, he becomes enveloped in the illusion that the world revolves around him. Eric’s excellent command of language for grasping network of power and control gives him exaggerated confidence that there is no world without him. Eric trusts computer analysis so much that he rides around in a limousine with leading-edge medical equipment, which provides him with great satisfaction because he sees “a medleys of data on every screen, all the flowing symbols and alpine charts, the polychrome numbers pulsing”(13). He gains a sense of physical health and security by checking data on computer monitors in his limousine. He has indeed become addicted to